THE SEARCH FOR THE PERFECT LANGUAGE [SIGNED]
by Eco, Umberto; Fentress, James [Translator]
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- See description
- ISBN 10
- 0631174656
- ISBN 13
- 9780631174653
- Seller
-
Rockville, Maryland, United States
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About This Item
Oxford, UK: Blackwell Publishers Ltd, 1995. First English Language Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Large octavo, x, 385 pages. In Very Good minus condition with a Very Good dust jacket. Teal spine with white and pink lettering. Dust jacket wrapped in mylar. Mild shelfwear at head and tail of spine. Rubbing to front and back dust jacket covers with bumping to all edges. Moderate soiling and spotting to top edge of text block. Signed flat by Eco on title page. Shelved in case 10. 1368942. Shelved Dupont Bookstore.
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- Bookseller
- Second Story Books, ABAA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1368942
- Title
- THE SEARCH FOR THE PERFECT LANGUAGE [SIGNED]
- Author
- Eco, Umberto; Fentress, James [Translator]
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First English Language Edition, First Printing
- ISBN 10
- 0631174656
- ISBN 13
- 9780631174653
- Publisher
- Blackwell Publishers Ltd
- Place of Publication
- Oxford, UK
- Date Published
- 1995
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About the Seller
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Rockville, Maryland
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- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Text Block
- Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
- Shelfwear
- Minor wear resulting from a book being place on, and taken from a bookshelf, especially along the bottom edge.
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Title Page
- A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...